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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Tomoyuki Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiho Moriai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Kawamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Ukita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Asami Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Katagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shiho Moriai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohei Kawamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Ukita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Asami Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanobu Katagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a power management apparatus including: a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance, a control unit controlling operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance, a managed appliance information acquiring unit acquiring, from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance, and an appliance state judging unit judging a state of the managed appliance based on the managed appliance information acquired by the managed appliance information acquiring unit.